One year. One whole year, in this home and in this place. And a new year, to observe and contemplate and rejoice and plan. If you recall from the days of regular blogging, I celebrate. Everything. I don’t care if it’s birthdays or holidays or Tuesdays or 5 p.m., I love to acknowledge the good. […]

Last week, I wrote about the proposed fee increase my graduate program at Berkeley is debating. It’s an issue that’s been met with a lot of confusion and, dare I say, anger from the alumni, and many of us wrote to tell Dean Wasserman and the faculty (and U.C. Regents) our story. Honestly, I didn’t […]

Friday before last, I opened up my email around dinnertime to find an email from the dean of the Berkeley J-School. It’s typical for alumni to receive updates from the school on a weekly and/or monthly basis — but it’s not typical to receive them from the dean after 5 p.m. Pacific Time on a […]